THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2024 - MANAGEMENT AND LOVE - PART I

 THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, APRIL 18-19, 2024 - MANAGEMENT AND SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS

In the past few weeks, I’ve heard of three women who were fired from their jobs. Two of them were pastors, and one was a head nurse. Today, I’m going off scripture a little to look at some management concepts first (today) and then scripture tomorrow.

Managing people.

I’m a proponent of W. Edwards Deming, one of the management leaders. He could be called “The Father of Total Quality Management “

Deming was not big on firing people from jobs (especially professional/management jobs)

If a company does its “due diligence” in hiring and picks the best person for the job, why is it that after a while, they are no longer the best person for the job?

Here are Demings 14 points:

1 Create constancy of purpose for improving products and services.

2 Adopt the new philosophy.

3 Cease dependence on inspection to achieve quality.

4 End the practice of awarding business on price alone; instead, minimize total cost by working with a single supplier.

5 Improve constantly and forever every process for planning, production, and service.

6 Institute training on the job.

7 Adopt and institute leadership.

8 Drive out fear.

9 Break down barriers between staff areas.

10 Eliminate slogans, exhortations, and targets for the workforce.

11 Eliminate numerical quotas for the workforce and numerical goals for management.

12 Remove barriers that rob people of pride of workmanship, and eliminate the annual rating or merit system.

13 Institute a vigorous program of education and self-improvement for everyone.

14 Put everybody in the company to work to accomplish the transformation.

Some of these points directly point to retaining people.

If someone hasn’t been working out, look at “6 -Institute training on the job”. Work with them. How about “#13 Institute a vigorous program of education and self-improvement for everyone..

The TQM philosophy expects people to “buy in”. Get people to WANT to improve, to be positive. It also focuses on training (#5, #9, #12, #13). An employee should be able to say “I’m excited to go to work today!!!

LOVE WINS!!!

MANAGEMENT CAN USE LOVE - AGAPE LOVE - TO ACHIEVE SUCCESSES

MORE TOMORROW!!

Karen Anne White, ©, April 18, 2024